Buckle or clasp



R. KING BUCKLE OR CLASP Feb.' 3. 1- 925.

Fi1ed Aug.1, 1924 Patented Feb. 3, 192,5.

' UNITED STATESY 1,525,424 PATENT '()FFICB RUFUs KING, oF PLAINVILLE, mssAcHUsETTs, AssIGNoR To BUGBEE a NILEs 00M- PANY, oFl NORTH ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

l BUCKLE OR CLASP.

l Application filed August 1, 1924. Serial No. 729,508.

To all whom it may concern: f

Be it known that I, Burns KING, of Plainville, a citizen of-the United States, residing at Plainville, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buckles or Clasps, of which the'following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in buckles or clasps and pertains more particularly to the ribbon holding bar and the manner of connecting same to the buckle or clasp. Y y

The prima object of the invention is to provide a ar which-can be applied to the buckle or clasp without bending of part-s of the buckle or clasp.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a bar which can be easily and quickly applied to and .removed from the vbuckle or clasp, and more specifically lto ,provide a bar which is expansible and contractible, whereby upon contraction the bar may be positioned in the buckle or clasp and upon release will automatically expand and be operatively related to the buckle or clasp.

'A still further object of the invention is to provide simple and economical means for the above purpose.

The invention has still further and other objects, which will be later set forth and manifested in the course of the following descri tion. A

e invention is particularly adapted to and related Vto ribbon bracelets.

In the drawings-:-

Figure 1, is a plan view of the invention applied toa buckle, the'ri'bbon being broken. away and shown partly in section;

Figure 2 is a section on line 2--2 of Figure l Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 showmg a modified form of the invention applied to the female member of a clasp;

' Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4, and

Figure 6 is a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

It will be understood that either form of the invention is applicable to a buckle or clasp. In the preferred form of Figs. 1-3, the bar A lembodies a sleeve 1 having an interior shoulder 2 adjacent its outer end, on which shoulder a seat forming disk 3 is engaged. A rod-like member 4 has its inner end slidable in the sleeve 1 and is reduced at 5 forming a hea-d 6 between which f latter and the disk 3 a coil spring 7 is arranged. A teat 7 is struck-out from the sleeve 1 and engages in the reduced part 5 to thereby restrict outward movement of the rod 4 under thetension of the spring 7. A short sleeve 8 is shouldered on its interior and engages over the outer end of the rod 4 and to which latter it may be secured in any suitable manner.

In use of the invention with a buckle, the tongue T -thereof is engaged over the rod 4 and is held in place by the ribbon strap R, the latter as usual being slotted to receive the tongue. The pintles Pof the buckle are received in the sockets at the bar ends, one of the sockets bein formed by the sleeve 8 and the other by t e o n outer end of the `sleeve 1 beyond the dis 3.v It will thus be apparent that by relative approachingor contractible movement of the rod 4 and 4has a struck out teat 13 engaging in adjacent cut-out 11 and with the shoulders at the ends of 'the same.

A central coil sprin 14 surrounds the rod and bears at its en s against the inner ends of the sleeves. The clasp C has pintles P' corresponding'to the pintles P of the buckle, the operation being the same as in the instance of the buckle.

Having thus described my invention; what I claim as new and-desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a securing device for ribbons, a body having confronting pintles, a sectional bar having Sockets at its ends to receive the pintles, and means to tension the sections and to permit of relative expansible and contractile movement thereof, so as to enable the pintles to be released fro-m the bar sockets upon contraction of the sections.

' 2. In a. securing device for ribbons,-"a-fbody having confrontm pintles, a bar having sockets to receive 51e pintles and means to permit ap roachin and receding movement of the soc ets to al ow the bar tobe applied to the body with the sockets receiving the pintles.

i. in combination with a body having lconfrontingpintles, a rod, a sleeve-formlng socket on one'end ,of the rod, a slideble v.sleeve-forming socket on the opposite end of vthe rod, means to limit slidin of the second sleeve onr the rod and a. coi spring interposed between an end of the rod and thesecond sleeve to tension the latter.

5. In combination with a body having vconfronting intles, a rod, a sleeve-forming end of the rod to receive the A socket on eac respective pintles, means to restrict sliding movement of each of the sleeves, and a coil spring on the rod interposed between the sleeves to tension each thereof.

6. In combination with a body having conirontin 'pintles,` a. ribbon engaging bar having soc etedends to receive the pintles, spring means associated with the bar, one of the socketed'ends bein movable relative tothe bar and a ainst t e tension of said spring means to a low said movable socketed end to be moved to receive one of the pintles when the other at the other en of the ar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specieation in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

GERTRUDE L. ,VoLLEn'n CELINA JACOBS.

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